[essive]

Why is this project tied so specifically to China? Honest question here....

[flohofwoe]

What are those specific ties other than the company behind the project being located in China?

[essive]

I just thought it seemed a bit odd to me to have the project tied to large organizations in China so much. I’m not saying to “buy American” but I do think it’s reasonable to be perplexed.

[apta]

Still a red flag.

[SQueeeeeL]

Is it? That's like saying that Intel being located in the US is a red flag for them leaving backdoors in their hardware... oohhh

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RDRAND#Reception

[apta]

And China has backdoors in their stuff. We shouldn't be using it.

[flohofwoe]

So basically "only buy American"? ;)

I don't want to defend that company or the product, or the country they operate from, but the source code is all on github under a permissive license and thus can easily be auditioned for government backdoors. Where's the problem?

[apta]

Backdoors can still exist in public code bases.

[sweetdreamerit]

"Five-starred Red Flag", indeed ;) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_China

[apta]

Better watch out for backdoors then.